https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591696
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591696#c13
--- Comment #13 from roland kletzing 2010-12-31 17:08:19 UTC ---
i wanted to have a look, but m$ won`t let me. I have Xp-home and win7-starter
here around, but installation requirements for recent virtual pc version is
Host: Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional,
Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Enterprise.
see
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2b6d5c18-1441-47ea-8309-2545b08e11dd&displayLang=de
so, no luck.....
anyway:
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6. If GUI mode setup is near end the Windows Virtual PC simply closes
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Actual Results:
OpenSuse crashes, Windows Virtual PC closes, not usable, completely broken
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so yes - the virtualization software may be broken.
bug triggered by opensuse, imho.
whenever a virtualization software crashes during guest setup, that is the
first (and the very) problem which needs to be fixed. a guest never should be
able to crash the emulation environment where it`s running inside. that may not
only be a stability issue but also may be a security issue !!!
as you can see, other vendors adress these:
http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4497
VMware Player 2.0.1
•This release fixes a security vulnerability that might allow a guest operating
system user without administrator privileges to cause a host process to stop
responding or exit unexpectedly, making the guest operating system unusable.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned the following name to this
issue: CVE-2007-4497. Thanks to Rafal Wojtczvk of McAfee for identifying and
reporting this issue.
i don`t yet see any fix for this one, for example:
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/microsoft-virtual-pc-flaw-lets-hackers-byp...
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/virtual-pc-2007-hypervisor-memory-protec...
maybe you found another bug in the microsoft product, maybe you have something
others are just waiting for. ;)
does virtualpc leave any log on close ?
what about contacting microsoft about this problem?
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